[news] Australia's new anti-terror laws amount to police state

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Ray Fulcher | Green Left Weekly | September 14, 2005 PM John Howard announced on September 8 an "unusual but necessary" increase in the state's repressive armament, supposedly to fight the "war on terror". Taking his cue from British PM Tony Blair following the terrorist bombings in London, Howard is seizing the opportunity to introduce draconian new "anti-terror" laws, adding to a plethora of existing "anti-terror" legislation. The new laws will, according to many commentators, move Australia decisively towards becoming a police state.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/13/95511/6391